166 244 cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19 were recorded in Ukraine as of September 17. This was reported by Minister of Health Maksym Stepanov at a briefing in Kyiv today, - correspondent of OstroV reports.
"3584 people fell ill over the past day. This is another anti-record. Of them, there are 301 children and 147 health workers. 534 people were hospitalized over the past day", - the minister stated.
According to him, 60 deaths from COVID-19 were recorded over the past day, 1589 patients recovered.
"In total, 166 244 people fell ill in Ukraine during the pandemic, including 10 859 children and 13 396 health workers. 73 913 people recovered and 3 400 died", - Maksym Stepanov said.
53 748 tests on COVID-19 were carried over the past day, of which 29 729 - by PCR and 24 019 - by EIA.